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(Scornful Megyn Kelly) Debate Question for Sen. Cruz: 'Any Word From God?'
CNS ^ | August 7, 2015 | Susan Jones

Posted on 08/07/2015 10:07:19 AM PDT by xzins

(CNSNews.com) - Near the end of the debate Thursday night, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly asked conservative Republican Sen. Ted Cruz if he'd had “any word from God.”

Of the hundreds of questions that could have been asked, Kelly chose “an interesting closing question” for the candidates, suggested by a Facebook user, who said, ‘I want to know if any of them have received a word from God on what they should do and take care of first.’

“Senator Cruz, start from you. Any word from God?” Kelly asked.

“Well, I am blessed to receive a word from God every day in receiving the scriptures and reading the scriptures. And God speaks through the Bible,” Cruz replied, to applause.

“I'm the son of a pastor and evangelist, and I've described many times how my father, when I was a child, was an alcoholic. He was not a Christian. And my father left my mother and left me when I was just three years old.

“And someone invited him to Clay Road Baptist Church. And he gave his heart to Jesus, and it turned him around. And he got on a plane and he flew back to my mother and me.

“I would also note that the scripture tells us, ‘You shall know them by their fruit.’ We see lots of campaign conservatives. But if we're going to win in 2016, we need a consistent conservative, someone who has been a fiscal conservative, a social conservative, a national security conservative.”

He added that he has “been proud to fight and stand for religious liberty, to stand against Planned Parenthood, to defend life for my entire career.”

Kelly asked Ohio Gov. John Kasich the same question.

Kasich talked about his parents, then told Kelly, “I do believe in miracles. You know, I've had a lot of elections. But my elections are really not about campaigns. I tell my people that these are about a movement. And a movement to do what? To restore common sense. A movement to do things like provide economic growth. And a movement not to let anybody be behind.”

Kasich never talked about God, but he did mention “the Lord” in passing.

He also changed the subject: “You asked a question about the police and the difficulty in communities,” Kasich told Kelly. “We've got to unite our country again, because we're stronger when we are united and we are weaker when we are divided.

“And we've got to listen to other people's voices, respect them, but keep in mind, and I believe in terms of the things that I've read in my lifetime, the Lord is not picking us. But because of how we respect human rights, because that we are a good force in the world, he wants America to be strong. He wants America to succeed. And He wants America to lead.”

“Same question,” Kelly said, turning to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker:

“I'm certainly an imperfect man,” Walker answered. “And it's only by the blood of Jesus Christ that I've been redeemed from my sins. So I know that God doesn't call me to do a specific thing. God hasn't given me a list, a Ten Commandments, if you will, of things to act on the first day.

“What God calls us to do is follow his will. And ultimately that's what I'm going to try to do. And I hope people see it in my state, even in the big challenges I took on when I had over 100,000 protesters in and around our capital, trying to do what I thought was the right thing.

“It wasn't just how I took on those political battles. It was ultimately how I acted. Not responding in kind. Not lashing out. But just being decent going forward and living my life in a way that would be a testimony to him and our faith.”

Sen. Mark Rubio (R-Fla.) was next, but Kelly changed the question a bit, telling Rubio, “a woman just came here to the stage and asked, what about the veterans?” She then asked Rubio “about God and the veterans.”

“Well, first, let me say I think God has blessed us. He has blessed the Republican Party with some very good candidates. The Democrats can't even find one,” Rubio said to laughter and applause.

“And I believe God has blessed our country. This country has been extraordinarily blessed. And we have honored that blessing. And that's why God has continued to bless us.

“And he has blessed us with young men and women willing to risk their lives and sometimes die in uniform for the safety and security of our people.” He went on to talk about the failures of the Veterans Administration.

Kelly then asked Dr. Ben Carson a question “about God and his role, but also...race relations.”

Carson only answered the race relations part of the question.

Those were the only five candidates to be asked about God.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: Ohio; US: Texas; US: Wisconsin
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To: katana

Love the baseball reference!


121 posted on 08/07/2015 2:19:22 PM PDT by miserare (Rest in Peace, Officer Sean Bolton, Memphis P.D.)
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To: bolobaby

Ted did a great job with the question, and I wouldn’t just blame Kelly; the three moderators were in meetings for days coming up with questions...I suspect Kelly may have, (probably) pushed the stupid war on women-Rosie O’Doughnut question, but from what was said for well over a week, the questions came from Fox internal collaboration.


122 posted on 08/07/2015 2:29:15 PM PDT by Cuttnhorse
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To: Personal Responsibility

Didn’t listen or watch, but you all sure that it wasn’t a setup between Ted and Megyn? An act maybe to help Ted bring up the subject of God?


123 posted on 08/07/2015 3:28:52 PM PDT by madison10 (If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter)
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To: xzins
She is being destroyed on Facebook and lost over 200,000 followers so far, good for the wench!
124 posted on 08/07/2015 3:43:49 PM PDT by fedupjohn (America...Designed by Geniuses...Now inhabited by Idiots..Palin 2016...)
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To: xzins
The best answer would have been to sigh and look at one's fingernails, and say, "Well, actually, neither Obama nor Hillary have called me recently..." then grin.

Then challenge her on the last Dem convention voting God out of their platform.

125 posted on 08/07/2015 4:15:20 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: TBP
She's hit the Wall and needs more and more makeup and plastic surgery to give the illusion of still possessing those looks which she used to get where she is.
126 posted on 08/07/2015 4:16:50 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

+1


127 posted on 08/07/2015 4:17:39 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: xzins

Ever since megyn has been on Fox, I”ve watched the men fawn over her. They give her preferential treatment. She knows it too and uses it.

That sneer she wore last night turned me off her for good. There isn’t enough room for her in my TV.

Bret disappointed me last night also. I had more respect for him than he showed when he “had a plan for Trump” and used it.


128 posted on 08/07/2015 5:52:10 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: TangledUpInBlue

I hope you’re being sarcastic.

If not, please don’t vote.


129 posted on 08/07/2015 6:30:42 PM PDT by Lil Flower (American by birth. Southern by the Grace of God. ROLL TIDE!!)
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To: xzins
“Well, I am blessed to receive a word from God every day in receiving the scriptures and reading the scriptures. And God speaks through the Bible,” Cruz replied, to applause.

And Cruz didn't even call her names on Twitter afterward.

130 posted on 08/07/2015 6:31:46 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("No social transformation without representation." - Justice Antonin Scalia)
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To: alstewartfan
“For someone, Megyn, who allegedly is brilliant, this was a really stupid question. And they say that there is no such thing as a stupid question. Obviously, there is!”

I beg to differ. There is no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid people who ask them.

131 posted on 08/07/2015 6:44:51 PM PDT by IAMNO1 (Enough with the divisions. Lets get somebody in there who'll fix this mess.)
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To: xzins

Why do the heathens rage and imagion a vain thing ?


132 posted on 08/07/2015 6:50:21 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist (Truth is a priceless commodity worth more it's weight than Gold, GOP plays with fools gold)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

I loved that he said that. He WON by his being professional all the way.


133 posted on 08/07/2015 7:41:01 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!w)
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To: SaraJohnson
Republicans are going to have to re-invent debates. Our media is too stupid and corrupt to handle the task anymore.

They succeeded in making me miss Jim Lehrer.

134 posted on 08/07/2015 7:50:15 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: bolobaby

I thought Cruz’s answer was very well done.

He has my vote, at this point.


135 posted on 08/07/2015 9:15:55 PM PDT by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
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To: WHBates

You remember correctly; it was a FB submitted question. She is a tough interviewer with all equally.


136 posted on 08/08/2015 5:19:08 AM PDT by onemiddleamerican (FUBO and all your terrorist agencies/buddies)
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To: CutePuppy
I think that Megyn Kelly did a favour to the candidates by asking them the question(s) they should have an easily ready response and by weeding out early those who have no reasonable response to a simple question that will be sure to come up in a more serious future debates in a more hostile environment and under tougher scrutiny.

If a candidate is unprepared to answer this and similar questions that come supposedly "from the left" (as it was characterized about 4 years ago about a question put to another putative GOP candidate in the primary) - then he/she doesn't know the answer and doesn't belong on a stage or ready to be a candidate.

Better to get these out early and for us to know who is viable, and for them to know what they can expect and be prepared.

Thank God for small favours.

Well stated, CutePuppy!

137 posted on 08/08/2015 5:21:48 AM PDT by onemiddleamerican (FUBO and all your terrorist agencies/buddies)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
I disagree. It almost looked like an attorney (Kelly) prepping her client (Cruz) for a deposition or testimony with the opposition (MSM, Dems). Cruz handled it masterfully, I thought, without turning off the less-religious folks, atheists, liberals, and agnostics. It demonstrated his ability to handle a hand grenade very well. This is the big leagues and they all need to be prepared for questions like this from the enemy. Better to fail now than after you got the nomination. Fox can move on to more substantive questions after the field has been winnowed.

Good points.

138 posted on 08/08/2015 5:22:46 AM PDT by onemiddleamerican (FUBO and all your terrorist agencies/buddies)
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To: rikkir
Another good point you have here.

She had a job to do, which was to help the viewers learn more about the candidates who want to run our country. She's always a tough interviewer. I'd rather have tough now, so we can weed out the fluff candidates who are good at giving prepared speeches and sound bites but useless at actually thinking through an issue or question.

139 posted on 08/08/2015 5:29:41 AM PDT by onemiddleamerican (FUBO and all your terrorist agencies/buddies)
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To: House Atreides

Yep


140 posted on 08/08/2015 5:30:02 AM PDT by onemiddleamerican (FUBO and all your terrorist agencies/buddies)
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